 

ITS ALL IN YOUR MIND 

BY KATHLEEN BUTLER 

 

Read across each row and place a 4 in the blank that best describes you. Now place a 3 
in the blank for the second word that best describes you. Do the same for the final words 
using a 2 and a 1. Do this for each row. 

 

Example: 

Imaginative 

2 

Investigative 

4 

Realistic 

1 

Analytical 

3 



 

Column 1 

 

Column 2 

 

Column 3 

 

Column 4 

 

Imaginative 

 

Investigative 

 

Realistic 

 

Analytical 

 

Adaptable 

 

Inquisitive 

 

Organized 

 

Critical 

 

Relating 

 

Creating 

 

Getting to Point 

 

Debating 

 

Personal 

 

Adventurous 

 

Practical 

 

Academic 

 

Flexible 

 

Inventive 

 

Precise 

 

Systematic 

 

Sharing 

 

Independent 

 

Orderly 

 

Sensible 

 

Cooperative 

 

Competitive 

 

Perfectionist 

 

Logical 

 

Sensitive 

 

Risk-Taking 

 

Hard-Working 

 

Intellectual 

 

People-Person 

 

Problem Solver 

 

Planner 

 

Reader 

 

Associate 

 

Originate 

 

Memorize 

 

Think Through 

 

Spontaneous 

 

Changer 

 

Wants Direction 

 

Judger 

 

Communicating 

 

Discovering 

 

Cautious 

 

Reasoning 

 

Caring 

 

Challenging 

 

Practicing 

 

Examining 

 

Feeling 

 

Experimenting 

 

Doing 

 

Thinking 

 



 

Now add up your totals for each column and place the total in the blanks below: 

 

Column 1 ______ Column 2 ______ Column 3 ______ Column 4 ______ 

(Grapes) (Oranges) (Bananas) (Melons) 

 

If your highest score was in column 1, consider yourself a grape. 

If your highest score was in column 2, consider yourself an orange. 

If your highest score was in column 3, consider yourself a banana. 

If your highest score was in column 4, consider yourself a melon. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butler, Kathleen as printed in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. By Sean Covey. 
New York: Franklin Covey Co., 1998. 

 


